The Cuero Record (Cuero, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 229, Ed. 1 Friday, September 24, 1937 Page: 1 of 6
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\OL. 43.—NO. 229.
CUERO, TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1937
I^TcffinTallC HOME TALENT
PLAY DRAWS
CROP HERE
SIX PAGES TODAY
Iccording to reports
there’s some more activity
scteduled for the Main street
business district within a
sho* time. The “dress up“ __
idea is apparently spreading. “Blackeyed Susan” to
Net P. T. A. Approxi-
mately $30.00.
Alternate Strips ol Sown Crops With Tilled Ones PEP SQUADS
PLAN PARADE
HERE TONIGHT
Walter Pump Recovers
From Spider Bite
, m
Whife definite arrangements
have not yet been made wc
undeistand that plans are
being considered for the re-
novation of another Main
street building. Cuero’s busi-
ness section, long antiquated
can stand quite a bit of
“dressing up.” Why not join
in the novement.
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Suggestion has been made
that the Legion invest the
money it is to receive,from
Ringling Brothers Circus in
an
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W E L L RECEIVED
Amateur Performers
Show Talent in Pre-
sentation.
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The John C. French School Par- j
ent-Teachers Association was $30.00
richer today as a result of the pre-
sentation of “Black Eyed Susan,”
home talent play, before a large au-
dience at the High School Audi-
torium Thursday night. The play
was directed by Miss Reba Gillis. I
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Walter Pump, Ouero meat
market operator, was reported out
oi danger Friday after suffering
intense pain as a result of the bite
of a black widow spider.
The spider bit Pump on the leg
^ ^ wllile be was working around the -
Karnes City and Cuero Hi premises of his market. His con- “Neutrality Act” Aid
Bands Also To Be In dition Thursday was declared seri-
March at 7:15.
ASKS AID OF
AMERICA IN
ENDING WAR
jous, but his condition was greatly
! improved Friday.
Japan Chinese General
Declares.
SHOW DURING HALF
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Both Squads to Be Seen
In Action During
Half.
PROMOTION DAY
BE OBSERVED
WAR TO DEATH
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A colorful parade of the pep *
who has been in Cuero for the past
iron lung.” A number of | week.
Wm.
Legionaires are in favor Of I Considering the short length of
.. . ipyip tirr>p given for rehearsals and the
this move we understand. Thei5av(,r||1 ]ast mtauK ch>ngM neces_
Legion’s profit Will amount to sitated in the cast, the play was
approximately $400. This sum very creditably presented and won
. , . .___1 the approval of the audience.
would be a splendid nucleus Thc play a>as ,aid ln ^ <Mden
for such a fund. An “iron of a small town Alabama residence,
lung” costs approximately !Comed>’ was introduced when a
$1400. The remainder Of the|m-ade their home together decided
sum could be raised hi time, to secure hubands for her aunts.
thc She incidentally succeeded in bag-
ging a husband for herself after
advertising for a “man.”
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An even-width strip of corn on the P. K. Beck farm near Ottawa, Has.
Growing strips of sown feed crops in alternation
with strips of clean tilled row crops in a method
of farming that is fast gaining in popularity in the
central great plains states of the U. S. The sown
strips serve as barriers to both wind and water
erosion and at the same time they eliminate point
rows on contour-tilled fields. This picture shows an
even-width strip of corn on the P. K. Beck farm
near Ottawa, Kas., with an irregular width strip
of oats just above it to hold soil and moisture-
According to the plan
“Iron lung” would be avail-
able to all rural communities
Cuero Named for 1938
Meeting Dr. McLeod
Declares.
Leading parts were taken by
in this section. If just one j Mrs. Walter Sager, who interpreted
life were saved by the use Of i fche role of Susan, Mrs. Tom
this “iron lung” the invest- Cbeatham as Lettie, Kirksey Ben-
fit to carry out this sugges- were Mrs. Callie Henneke. Miss hvt/,ri„Bn A_£*cLeod Pres-’
° n„K.r« oi™___ _ _ bytenan pastor, who returned
tion- 4 'T mL ^’ Thursday from the convention held
« vh 111 Beeville W- D- McCurday was
Alexander. Miss Lorene Henneke, _Icrt.
PRESBYTERY Cotton Farmers To Get
TO MEET HERE Nine Cents Per Hour
For Their Labors
China Will Fight For One
Hundred Years If Nec-
essary, He Says. .
j.squads and bands cf Karnes Citv Lutheran SnnHnv Cnlinnl ma
Ihigh school and Cuero high school p, c ^ School ING, Sept. 24.—(IHS)—
will be a highlight of pre-game ac- * Jans Service r or Sun- Americas “so-called neutrality” ac-
tivities in this city this evening as Morning. tually constitutes support of Japa-
; the Gobblers play host to the Bad- - nese aggression.
gers from Karnes City. The •Cuero Lutheran church will1 Amor,™ h
The parade will be staged in the observe Promotion Day Sunday, and more ^honsibility
down town section of Cuero. ac- a 'most interesting program has an any otfler sl?uatory of the
cording to Band Director Kerby, been planned. Scores of children are nlne"Power Papt because she initiar-
with the Karnes City high school tc participate and all will receive ed it—
band and pep squad leading the promotion certificates. And it is now America’s bounde-n
t line cf march. Songs, scripture reading and duty to call a conference of all
The bands and pop squads will prayers will make up the program, j signatories to end this war which
continue to the high school ath- Alfred Marquis will give a talk on the Chinese will continue to wage
letic field where both are to parti- Rally Day. in defense for a hunared years if
cipate in a colorful show between The program is to begin at 10:30 necessary.
halves. a. m. and all members of the Sun- So declared Generalissimo Chiang
------- day school are being urged to at- Kai-Shek today in the first inter-
Col. Ike T. Pryor end_____
Dies At Home In
San Antonio Today
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Sept. 24. —
Col. Ike T. Pryor, 85, died today of
heart trouble after several months’
CANTON AGAIN
HIT BY RAID
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Members «f the Cuero W. B.
A. are planning to gain some
valuable publicity for Cuero
at the Dallas convention, and
you can be sure that it’s “Tur-
key Trot” publicity
W. B. A’s intend to carry to
Dallas. The Cuero organiza
Special To The Record jshare croppers having to produce
AUSTIN, Sept. 24.—Texas cotton > cotton at this ridiculously low the cattle business of the South-
farmers this year will receive nine 1 price- At nine cents per pound, it west Col. Pryor was reputed to have
cents an hour for their work IWas estimated- thp share cropper been one of the richest Texas cat-
_. . . . ’ j who furnishes only labor gets about tie barons in his earlv days.
That statement was made todayl$22.50 for his bale of cotton. In oth- —-------_
EMcDonald- State Commis- ;er words, the average tenant farmer, Qf—,1 rnmoralmn
sioner of Agriculture, in discussing raising ten bales of cotton, has an *^teel Corporation
view he has granted since the Jap-
anese announced their intention of
blowing his capital off the map.
Because the Japanese want above
all to kill him and would send their
entire air fleet to do it if they could
find him, it is impossible to describe
the locality of the interview.
Yet It is permissable to say the
Generalissimo has not abandoned
sickness. ______________ ^ ...........
One of the outstanding figures in VVar Planes Zoom Over his capital and after a score of aft’
City Loosing Big attacks he received the press, ae-
Bombs.
companied by his wife, Mine. Mtl-
Ling Kai-Shek, who translated his
remarks into flawless English.
T Chiang Kai-Shek was dressed In
Japanese war planes bombed a severely plain grey uniform, bars
By International News Service
and “Neighbor” Hensley, Phil Saga-
biel, Dr. * Wm. 'Grunder, F. B. Huf-
ham and George Hartman.
Several popular song numbers
fitted into the program with the
chorus in attractive costumes. The
most popular of these were “Black
the med Susan.” and “Follow the
Rainbow” few the closing ensemble.
Members of the chorus were:
Anna PILskal, Sara Frances Reese,
f°f-3 »» *» Montgomery.
men resort omoetsuceesoful meet- Goeemw Bibb G^eS“nTAgn*ul
_ a _ . . . _ tural Officials of that state on the
The Presbytery met in Cuero DnmnsUcAbetment Plan,
seven years ago. According to Dr.
Canton again today as Generalis-
next | “ “ averaf »f 250 I Oration of the Domestic Allotment
‘ , hours to produce and harvest ' ‘
McLeod, the meeting here _____ nftl1„ _ , , .
Artr-n * i nours to produce and harvest a bale plan ”
of -ton and it j. a fact that the
“All seemed delighted over the ’P CC ^ pound 1 farmer recelVes
income of $250.00 to shew for this Man Commits Suicide simo Chiang Kai-Shek, at Nanking
^M^ta^td^ai^”! * --• - CrtUcteed the tb. Unit:
Commissioner McDonald a^Sd 1 r K^ANfAS CITY’ Sept' ed States government toward the
“through adoption and wise admin- tjvp „fTh"' kZJSF Sino-JaPanese conflict. Latest de-
velopments:
tive of the Sheffield Steel Cor-
poration of Kansas City, died at St.
Josephs hospital today from in-
of any insignia.
The fact this frail-looking little
man whipped into one all Chinas
burly war-lords jand ^ united * four
hundred millions to fight few thj
first time in generations was hard
believe until one saw his mouth
- cm-1—i’Kw zr^-tub^jT S5JST "LlL>%Z
the most wide
chapters in this section of the
state and whenever the local
pressed a desire to sample the Commissioner'stated.
«0n is recognized - one cf | | — ”” “
awake WBA Boldt, Muriel Stevens, Helen Chad- ___ A a bale cf our cctton to be sold
dock, Voylotte Stevens, Lillian ||| IIH A ll IcmVi “ *°r domestic consumption at leos
Clark. Wordlyn Briggman, Beulah | U flLLrlL/ l\Eil/ , than 20 cents P*1- Pound." McDon-
* aid declared.
The average price of cotton
. , ^ ^ . for his cotton equals the price per j aTricXfe'th4u?h'n° A^eriCan room on the fifth floor of a ho‘- pa"guaranteeing china’s integrity, moustache as he spoke of the Jap-
lu Cuero and many ex- bom ho mcelv^ for hi. -----
‘Tlie Domestic Allotment Plan,
pital.
James pulled
away from his
Planes bomb army headquarters nese
and military cadet school at Can-
nurse. jerked the screen
. Mae Smith Anna Marie Nichols.
WBA members have anything Elizabeth Northcutt, LoisaThieme.
to say their statement
given attention. /
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Cattle shipments out
Cecelia Schott, Dorothy Ann |
Shannon, Joe Royce, Mary Mar-
garet Adams, Evelyn Cheatham.
Alice Jean McLarty, Avis Marie
TO HEAD RED
CROSS DRIVE
on the other hand, would stimulate • ^ . ,
production of auricullural aoods for I “"d0W a"d plUnged
sale abroad, thus providing em-
ari
laborers,” McE^^alc! declared.
Following the Alabama Ccnfet-i
ence McDonald will drive to Iowa
Park. Texas, where he has accepted
ployment for a^great army of farm l OCATS OPEN
Attorney General
SEASON T0N1TE
off the to"A. Will Make Race For
j Tokyo expected to reply to sharp
American protest before end of
week. _
Japanese communique charges AUSTIN. Sept. 24—Bob Calvert
“apparently” used poison gas. nt rmi.i.n .
Paotingfu captured by N^ponese * HU1Sb0r0> Speaker 01 the hou*
troops, according to Japanese ad- rePresen^®hves, today said deQn-
vices. itely that he will announce foe the
Mussolini ready to depart for office of attorney general of the
rendezvous with Hitler in Germany, state of Texas.
the past lf^ years, 1921 to 1936 in- q
elusive, is 20.31. or $101.55 per bale, I an invitation to attend ihe wTchita
--- j terras of a 100-cent dollar, it | County Fair Saturday the 25th. A _
Cuero promise to set a ncw;HP^airLn^tn ^££1 “S
mnlTr' theTar not | K SSS.w. s. ^ i ^ ^
____ j* iv . Ruth Smith. Laveme Smith, Mary Roll Call Chairman for the annual ~ _
crowding the 300 car mark. Ann Harold, Shirley Tilton, Cor- Red Cross Roll Call drive to be
HANKOW, Sept. 24.-(INS)-Ap- ** ***** ^ °®Ce °f attorn^
proximately 100 persons were kill- general 88 the key position of the
state government,” Calvert said. “It
Willis Barfield is given credit rine Alexander. Doris Klecka, and staged in this city according to an
by cattlemen for building up ■Dorothy Genc Casal. announcement of directors of the
..__- ___.. _ ,7 Specialty dance and song num- local organization Thursday.
the local market. In fact, bers between acts were presented LeRov Hamilton will serve as co-
they declare Barfield Will soon bv Misses Anna Louise Phillips and chairman of the drive and Dr. w.
be attracting a<5 manv sellar-■ ^° •Fannett, Alice Jean Me- A. McLeod will complete the board.
. ° Larty and Dorothy Ann Shannon. Mrs. Frank Kunetka is treasurer,
to Cuero as the San Antonio - _
market attracts. He keeps in Garr Brothers On
cbnstant touch with the r • • ,
Examining Trial
RETURN: .FROM Sovi,t* c"mpl‘,n of
PURINA TRIP
Field _________
---- anese bombing planes raided the should be filled by a man free from
Game equipment was i>sued to poorer residential districts of Han- entangling alliances, who can serve
members of the Yorktown Wildcat kow today. ; the interests of the great majority
football team Thursday afternoon sa - of the people of Texas faithfully
they went through their final prac- SHANGHAI. Sept. 24.-(lNS>- and conscientiously ”
Japanese Action OTJ’ShSflKdSL £
Moscow, s.pf. _sktss* ri!KWpctszpssszzirez
boviet newspaper dispatches from ers to accommodate 500 spectators today raided the important city of that I can fill the office capably and
i Sakhalin Hand, north of Japan. was competed this week, thus giv- Hahkou\
Fifty Per cent of the Red Cross W. T. McLarty And Well charged todav that Japanese oil and ing Yorktown one of th^ classiest
nrlQ netted 1 n the l/vnol mil /mil 1/ w. «_____ T\ WT* - . n 1 —ullu ceV-iru-klKrtf . i ■
fairly.”
Known Dewiu
for relief work by the local chap-
ter. Citizens are urged to lend
SHELBYVILLE, Ky„ Sept. 24,- their support to the drive thi*
year.
market centers, offers the
best prices and handles ary
number Of head a seller Of- —The Garr brothers, who shot
fers. More power^to him. gS MarTShoTin Ka^a,
Representatives Of the San Brig G€n- Henry H. Denhardt in
Marcos State Teachers Col- Sh"by county court today-
VTisit St. Louis.
___ schoolboy athletic plants
coal concessicnsaries were ‘“grosslv w,.inn
violating” Soviet laws
there.
this
City Strike Battle
lege are'to be "in'Cuero Mon- ,££!
riav fnr t.ho nnmnen rtf nr the tensity surcharffinc’ t.hp five others in hired hv hrirk-c hm ____________x- _____
Back from St. Louis where trey; These violations, said the
spent several days as guests of the | Patches, resulted in dismissal
Purina Mills. W. T. McLarty. local, ‘ masses" of Soviet workers.
Purina dealer, and five well known
DeWitt county ranchmen and
farmers, report a most enjoyable
trip
effect Coach Mattingly was undecided
as to his starting line-up prior to
Man, Charged With
Deputy’* Death
Dies of Wounds
Not Interested In
Exchanging Prisoners
PRESIDENT
_ VALENCIA, Spain. Sept. 24 —(OK)
qam iMTOMTh „ , _. —The Spanish Loyalist govern-
o' _____ , ' 24 ~ ment at present is not interested In
day for the purpose Of or- tTthe tensity surcharging the five others injured by bricks here and newspaper men from a score
ganizing extension courses in > little courtroom. today in a fight between 40 strik- of Texas cities
TT1 r K extension courses m jam-packed by a crowd of 120(1. ers and employes of the
WELCOMED
this city. This announcement!
will probably be welcomed by POP BOTTLe
- BIRMINGHAM Ala_GNS> _ -..u.
teachers, for it Will give them Hospital attaches at Hillman Hos- raged in a street,
on the excursion to !
Jones St. Louis Experimental Farm of j No
Stone Co. The condition of W. S. the Purina Mills. While in St.
Sweet, 42. the employe who was Louis they were royally entertaln-
shot, was serious. The battle ed, according to McLarty, and were
dis- the game since many positions had
of to be filled this year because of
graduation of last year players this
spring. Lettermen Goehring, —Rav Prvor former Donna Cafe , —,
Schaller. all-district last year. Re- c.trer under' chW of murder In 1
spondek. Soehnge in the baekfield. connection with the death of Frank f i’ Amencanf atr'
and Nuinez. Wilems and Smith Ackermann. deputy heriff had T eW prisoner by ‘"^t au-
were the only experienced men eaped trial todav—by dving in the thorlties at 8alamMC». military and
■red ^ * ‘n J^nunent authorities Intonned
Pryor was shot Saturday during
large a gunfight with Ackermann, who
the opportunity of carrying P«al read the chart beside the bed pot. Two compin', "irackt'wSe ^rtoies" 'double'hea'ded
on their coUege work right £ ^'TnTnsJn- “.aZ^'a __. »■
here at home. We expect a sod. ppp bottle" yurther lovesh- Beeville Trojans Lose ^eCdri£ation from cuero in-
around whom Matt-ingly was forced county hospital here,
to mold his 1937 team
Indications are that i
r» iw i CIOWd Wil1 witness tho opening had come to a small town hotel to
Political game of the season for both teams, quiet a disturbance. Ackermann
ii . - dioh Tuesday of wounds received in
Calls Meeting of the same affray.
- 1VI ’ I j Surgeons at the hospital here said
ABOARD pres SPECIAL EN INatlOn S Leader* Rryo^ whose condition had not
ROUTE WEST Sept. 24.-—(INS)— All - considered serious, died of a r- .
signs of political reprisal fnr do- WASHINGTON. Sept,24. —INS.— blood riot which stopped the flow Victorians Here Today In
Signs of
Reprisals Shown on
Tour.
feat of his proposed judiciary re- A meeting of agricultural, indus- blood through the heart,
eluded W. T. McLarty ~Rhienhold form UPre stni larkine on Presi- trial and labor leaders was calked
Interest of Club for
This City.
large number of teachers nation revealed that-the 22-month- ______ ^ ^ ________ ________ ______
from towns throughout this ^!d ^f.r.0 ^a^y. had swallowed a Services of Guard Mueller. Edwin Ege. H \F. Barre. d^nt R°«?evelfs ‘ inspection tour" today by John D. Biggers. adminis- Vote To Retain
section Will avail themselves ture pop'^fe.1 m^surinVCt^ BEEVILLE — p and CharleS loZvL Z nZneMrwLrhX Prohibition Law Roland J. C^d Hugh Stanly
Of the opportunity Of carrying inches m lpngth. services of Jes.se Williams . or n -• ________ar and cattle bailiwick of Son Jo- government will conduct its enum- _ of Victoria were in Cuero Friday in
zrzzT—Y“kT^R“d,^of *
themselves with this exiem Suffers Loss STaSsT U Whm 535?^“?ih.*^ - - «
5l0n WOrk' -- ShOWn VO«KUM. Tex.. Sep. K- The pr,r/ s„™,STT™ chSer. FrZ “Lnoon
Jimmy Pridgen, talented
con of Dr. and Mrs. Pridgen
NEW YORK. Sept 24 -UNS>- pulted 0^™^ b^kfieldb^nd^^s m,Pe“n?%‘hn wamuzatton in Iowa, assert- cnesicr. ina . was arrester! for run- voted overwhelmingly in favor of Friday afternoon in an effort to
The stock market broke $1 to $6 a being groomed for the vacant post from Yoakum to Fdna was desic- 'govern ° Wh<*” th° thk ^ 1°ih lnCal ° of this state’s prohibition feel out the sentiment regarding a
young share today to the lowest level - by Coach Joe Smart Vernon' nTd X ^ bv the -Ite ZZ * ™ a>.d i>re that- h.s brakes v.xiuld not hold. laws. Lion’s Club organization for this
nat d wpdnpsda' bv the S.ate means wohrnf ............. the He dropped that excuse how- Although returns from all of the city.
when police give him his states more than 2.000 precincts Both men seemed
Cuero, will also be a member of the of lhuiirintinn tnH„v la*™w!^T,u ‘Sfa,p Hishw'ay Dppartmpnt 1>le' government” to let a farmer know p^r.
Texas University band this
Pridgen is regarded as an outstand
ing member of the band.
year. bea^voUme JSSng^wSf over I^ut'ten dayl affer ^ing’ ifept on Jhlf moneW ^Tthe apprnximatply at thp fi»lp he choice of paying a dollar fine for had not been'fully "tabulated.'
-and- 2.000.000 shares, and the ticke* the sidelines during ~ the enrlv .,ew roa 1 w rU,° ‘”n ° ... P ants ni' crops wliat maV py- faillnS to heed the light or a ten incomplete count showed th<
-x- ... . . 1 arn uew road \va not- available at this nect in the wav nf rotnm m i„..,-„,.‘rinlar fine for ririvincr ...
pleased with
. tiailed part of the session.
training season bv illne;
time.
the possibilities in this city and plan to
. .. - , - 4 . „» „ , . . . - .........—e-- xpp.u the drvs return here at a later date to
beet in the way of return at harvest dollar fine for driving with <Wec- leading 3 to 1 in yesterday’s refer- make definite plans
time.
tive bi.tkes.
end uni.
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